"When calling to areas outside the NANP (e.g. the United Kingdom), callers dial 011 + country calling code + phone number. In the case of the UK, a user would dial 011 + 44 + area code + UK phone number. In the NANP telephone format ""1-NPA-NXX-xxxx"", the central office codes fall in the position of NXX. In 1996 the following central office numbering plan was put in place by the incumbent local exchange carrier. Following liberalisation of the telecommunications industry in Barbados, various central office codes were implemented for local mobile carriers. The following COs were outlined in 2004"
"fail. ITU-T Recommendation E.123 states that parentheses should not be used in the international notation, the correct format being +44 20 7946 0234; the in-country form would be 020 7946 0234, shown separately. UK telephone code misconceptions Widespread UK telephone code misconceptions, in particular brought on by the Big Number Change in 2000, have been reported by regulator Ofcom since publication of a report it commissioned in 2004. The telephone area code for most of Greater London and some surrounding areas is 020, not ""0207"", ""0208"" or ""0203"". A study was commissioned in 2005 which found that only 13 per"
"Telecommunications in the British Virgin Islands Country Code: +1284<br> International Call Prefix: 011 (outside NANP)<br> Calls from the British Virgin Islands to the US, Canada, and other NANP Caribbean nations, are dialled as 1 + NANP area code + 7-digit number. Calls from the British Virgin Islands to non-NANP countries are dialled as 011 + country code + phone number with local area code. Number Format: nxx-xxxx Telephones - main lines in use: 11,700 (2002) Telephones - mobile cellular: 8,000 (2002) Telephone system: worldwide telephone service <br>""general assessment:"" worldwide telephone service <br>""domestic:"" NA <br>""international:"" Connected via submarine cable to Bermuda;"
"whose local 7-digit string began with a number other than 9, starting with 3xx-xxxx: The United Kingdom adopts an open dialling plan for area codes within its public switched telephone network. Therefore, all area codes have a preceding ""0"" when dialling from within the United Kingdom. When dialling a UK number from abroad, the zero must be omitted. Because of this, it has become common (but incorrect) practice to write telephone numbers used both nationally and internationally with the 0 in parentheses, for example: +44 (0)20 7946 0234; if the number is dialled with the parenthesised zero, the call will"
"'00' for international calls, the European standard. It is now normal for local calls to cost the same as long distance UK calls, and is now common, for a small extra monthly charge, to allow free calls to landlines within the UK. This free call allowance does not normally cover calls to the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, which whilst confusingly having UK national dialling codes, are separate telephone administrations. International calling from the UK is deregulated in that many alternative providers allow very cheap international calling by the caller dialling an access code, usually beginning with the"
"range, new Nottingham numbers are in the 7xx xxxx range and new Leeds numbers are in the 4xx xxxx and 8xx xxxx ranges. Since then, other ranges have been opened in these areas. See table above for further details. The international access code also changed on ""PhONEday"", from 010 to 00 thus meeting the international call prefix standard set by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In 1995, the United Kingdom adopted the pan-European 112 emergency services number. This new number runs alongside the existing 999 number, first introduced in 1937. Reading numbers endured two changes in a very short time."
"has adopted its own standardized number of 112, while countries in Asia and the rest of the world use a variety of other two- or three-digit emergency telephone number combinations. The 112 code is gaining prevalence because of its preprogrammed presence in mobile telephones that conform to the European GSM standard. The European Union and many other countries have chosen the International Telecommunication Union's 00 as their international access number instead of 011. The toll-free prefix 800 has been widely adopted elsewhere, including as the international toll-free country code. It is often preceded by a 0 rather than a 1"
"followed by the carrier selection code (same as in domestic long-distance calls) and the international telephone number. So, to call the international telephone number ""+cc-aa-nnnn-nnnn"" (where ""cc"" is the country code and ""aa"" the area code), one would dial ""00-xx-cc-aa-nnnn-nnnn"", where ""xx"" is the carrier selection code. Since international telephone numbers can have up to 15 digits, the maximum number of digits to be dialed is 19. For example, to call the number ""555-0123"" in Washington, D.C. (area code ""202""), United States (country code ""1""), using TIM as the chosen carrier (selection code ""41""), one would dial 00 41 1"
"Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom are administered by the UK government's Office of Communications (Ofcom). For this purpose Ofcom established a telephone numbering plan, known as the ""National Telephone Numbering Plan"", which is the system for assigning telephone numbers to subscriber stations. The numbers are of variable length. Local numbers are supported from land-lines, or numbers can be dialled with a '0'-lead prefix that denotes either a geographical region or another service. Cell phone numbers have their own prefixes which are not geographical and are completely portable between providers. Since 28 April 2001,"
"999 (emergency telephone number) 999 is an official emergency telephone number in a number of countries which allows the caller to contact emergency services for urgent assistance. Countries and territories using 999 include Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Ghana, Hong Kong, Kenya, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Qatar, Ireland, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, Seychelles, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. 999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112. All calls are answered by 999 operators. Calls are always free. In the United Kingdom"
"UK telephone code misconceptions Widespread UK telephone code misconceptions, in particular brought on by the Big Number Change in 2000, have been reported by regulator Ofcom since publication of a report it commissioned in 2004. The telephone area code for most of Greater London and some surrounding areas is 020, not ""0207"", ""0208"" or ""0203"". A study was commissioned in 2005 which found that only 13 per cent of respondents correctly identified the 020 code for London without prompting: 59 per cent incorrectly identified it as ""0207"" or ""0208"". This is not just an issue of number appearance; the correct"
"call costs. In its full format (e.g. +44 70 0585 0070) an 070 number will be internationally recognisable as a UK number - even though it might in fact terminate to a mobile number anywhere - this feature is used in a variety of scams. Personal numbering Personal numbering is the name for the virtual telephone number service in the UK. Typically the national destination code used for this service is (0)70. The service provides a flexible virtual telephone number able to be routed to any other number, including international mobiles. For example, the UK number +44 70 0585 0070"
"the 03 numbering range was originally used for calls to Great Britain, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, with the Irish prefix 030 replacing the UK trunk code 0. Calls to British cities using the Director telephone system were also possible using shorter codes: When London was split into two area codes, 071 and 081 in 1990, 031 was replaced with the codes 03071 and 03081 respectively. Use of the 03 range for this purpose was discontinued in 1993, when the international access code changed from 16 to 00, with calls to Great Britain (but not Northern"
"Telephone numbers in Europe Telephone numbers in Europe are managed by the national telecommunications authorities of each country. The country calling codes start primarily with ""3"" and ""4"", however, some countries that by the Copenhagen criteria are considered part of Europe have country codes from the Asia range, starting with ""9"". The international access code (trunk prefix) has been standardized as ""00,"" as recommended by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). † = Disputed state, may not be recognized as an independent state by some or all European Union members. <nowiki>*</nowiki>A variable dialing plan has different dialing procedures for local and"
"have no associated area code): Telephone numbers in the United Arab Emirates Telephone numbers in the UAE follow a closed telephone numbering plan. The United Arab Emirates is assigned an international dialling code of 971 by ITU-T. Telephone numbers are fixed at seven digits, with area codes fixed at two or three digits. Subscriber numbers were 5- or 6- digits, with area code plus subscriber number totalling 7 digits. The overall structure of the UAE's national numbering plan is: Landline Numbers Starts with: Mobile Numbers Starts with: The following numbers are used for emergency services within the UAE These are"
"subscriber number. Therefore, a caller in the U.K. must dial 00 61 7 3333 3333, while a caller in the U.S.A. must dial 011 61 7 3333 3333. Calling inter-area (within Australia) (e.g. from Western Australia—area code 8), a caller need not dial an international trunk prefix or a country code. However, the caller must at least dial the Australian trunk prefix (0) followed by the area code (7) and then the local subscriber number: 07 3333 3333. Calling from within the Queensland (7) area, a caller need only dial the telephone number: 3333 3333. However, because the world's telephone"
"offer a number for calling from abroad - usually starting +44 1 or +44 2 - this number can be used within the UK (removing the +44 and replacing it with 0) to avoid the cost of calling non-geographic telephone numbers. Some companies will also offer a geographic alternative if asked. The site has gained popularity by being awarded ""Website of the Day"" by BBC Radio 2. It has also been featured on the BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show and been awarded BBC Radio Gloucestershire's ""Website of the Week"". Newspaper coverage includes ""The Guardian"", ""London Evening Standard"", ""The Daily"
"020 020 is the national dialling code for London in the United Kingdom. The area it serves, which includes most of Greater London and some adjacent areas, was first allocated the STD code 01 in 1959. After a sequence of changes in the 1990s, culminating with the Big Number Change, the current 020 code became active on 1 June 1999. All subscriber numbers within the area code consist of eight digits and it has capacity for approaching 100 million telephone numbers. The code is used at 170 telephone exchanges as part of the largest linked numbering scheme in the United"
"International Networks (country code) International Networks is the name given by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to country calling codes +882 and +883, and serves as a catch-all for telephone services not dedicated to a single country. Satellite telephone carriers, especially those with worldwide service, are allocated within the Global Mobile Satellite System (GMSS), country code +881, with the exception of non-terrestrial Inmarsat, country code 870. As in the other such shared country codes, carriers are allocated number space within this code space plus their identification code (two-digit number in 882 code space, three or four digit number in 883"
"the rest. In the United Kingdom, toll-free telephone numbers are generally known as ""freephone"" numbers (British Telecom numbers are officially ""Freefone"") and begin with the prefixes 0800, 0808 or the Cable & Wireless ""Freecall"" prefix 0500. The most commonly used prefix is 0800, first used in November 1985. Additionally, numbers in the range 0808 80x xxxx are reserved for not-for-profit helplines. Since 1 July 2015, all 0800 and 0808 numbers have been free to call from landlines and mobile phones alike. Most mobile phone operators had charged for such calls previously, with Orange being the final major network to introduce"
"1. For international telephone calls, the national trunk prefix is not dialed; instead, an international trunk prefix is typically required. Many countries use the sequence 00, but in the NANP it is 011. Assume that a call is to be made to a customer in the Australian Area/State of Queensland with the local number of 3333 3333 and the area code 7. A caller from outside Australia must dial the international call prefix of the originating country, plus the country calling code (61 in the case of Australia), plus the area code (7 in this case), and then the local"
"region, and 5555-5555 is the subscriber number (these numbers are for the most part 8 digits long for landlines and 9 digits long for mobiles). To make an international (DDI) call to the United States using the carrier Intelig, one would dial: 00 23 1 777 555-0111 Where the double '00' marks the call as international, '23' is the Intelig carrier selection code, '1' is the US International telephone code, '777' is the region code within the US, and '555-0111' is the subscriber number. Some of the most common carrier selection codes are: Not all carriers are available for all"
"modifications to the way British telephone numbers are written. As a consequence of these changes, many people were left with a misunderstanding of how the system of area codes and local numbers operates. A standard United Kingdom fixed telephone number (i.e. a landline, or geographical number, as opposed to a mobile telephone number or special rate non-geographic fixed line) is divided into three parts, the trunk prefix code (0 in the UK), an STD code (area code) followed by a local number. The STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialling) code indicates the geographical area of the number, and is dialled before the"
"costs of network transport) while still forwarding sufficient revenue to cover the recipient's costs of subscribing. A Universal International Freephone Number (UIFN) is a worldwide toll-free ""800 number"" issued by the ITU. Like the 800 area code issued for the NANP in the U.S. and Canada and 0800 numbers in many other countries, the call is free for the caller, and the receiver pays the charges. UIFN uses ITU country code 800, so that no matter where the caller is, only the international access code (IAC), the UIFN country code (800) and the 8-digit UIFN need to be dialed. A"
"Personal numbering Personal numbering is the name for the virtual telephone number service in the UK. Typically the national destination code used for this service is (0)70. The service provides a flexible virtual telephone number able to be routed to any other number, including international mobiles. For example, the UK number +44 70 0585 0070 might route to an Inmarsat satellite phone number, allowing the user to have a UK number while roaming globally. This service has however been reported as having ""significant scamming activity"" of various sorts. In the United States, AT&T ran a trial in 1991 which led,"
"Call signs in the United Kingdom Call signs in United Kingdom include a three letter country code, and a series of letters and numbers. Call signs are regulated internationally by the ITU as well as nationally in the UK by the Office of Communications (Ofcom). It regulates amateur radio in the country as an independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. It assigns call signs, issues amateur radio licences, allots frequency spectrum, and monitors the radio waves. Ofcom is no longer responsible for setting and conducting amateur"
"For example, a number in London may be listed as ""020 7946 0321"". Users must correctly interpret ""020"" as the code for London. If they call from another station within London, they may merely dial ""7946 0321"", or if dialing from another country, the initial ""0"" should be omitted after the country code. A dial plan establishes the expected sequence of digits dialed on subscriber premises equipment, such as telephones, in private branch exchange (PBX) systems, or in other telephone switches to effect access to the telephone networks for the routing of telephone calls, or to effect or activate specific"
"override the carrier pre-selection (CPS) on a per-call basis, dialling a special code before the number, e.g. 1280 for BT, 1664 for LowerCall, or 1844 for Daisy. Ofcom defines the range for these as: ""124 to 140, 143 to 146, 148 to 149, 160 to 169, and 181 to 189 inclusive. Numbers of up to 5-digits used to access an Indirect Access Provider (‘Type B Access Codes’)"". Telephone numbers in British Overseas Territories do not come under the UK telephone numbering plan. These calls are treated as international calls. Below are the access codes for the overseas territories: Telephone numbers"
"migrate to 080 85 numbers with the same final 6 digits. While the numbers are portable, 0500 has been closed to new allocations since 1997/98. Universal International Freephone Service is an international service, assigned the country code 800 by the International Telecommunication Union. The intention is that any customer in the world can dial the same number to reach a business subscribing to a number, and at no charge to the calling party. However, only a limited number of countries yet participate. In order to participate, countries must agree on the amount of revenue they will retain (to cover their"
"from outside the NANP (e.g. from the United Kingdom), callers must dial their international dialling prefix followed by 1 to access the North American Numbering Plan. For example, a call placed from the United Kingdom would be dialled as 00 + 1 + 246 + local seven digit phone number. Failure to include the prefix ""1"" results in accessing country calling code 246 of British Indian Ocean Territory (""Diego Garcia""). When placing a phone call from Barbados, also known as HPNA, callers simply use seven-digit dialling (i.e. dialling the last seven digits of the phone number). Unlike in some other"
"name on the telephone dial, with the exception of London which had the two-digit code 01. Codes were later changed (e.g., London became 020, and Manchester 0161). Until 1992, calls to these cities from Ireland required the following codes: In that year, this changed to dialling in the international format , and the 03 range was withdrawn from use. Subscriber trunk dialling Subscriber trunk dialling (STD, also known as subscriber toll dialling) is a telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance. The term was introduced when it first became possible for long-distance calls to be dialled"
"subscriber simply hangs up and awaits the callback. On receiving this, usually within a few seconds, the customer picks up the phone and dials the required number. This may mean dialling in the North American format, as most callback services are US-based, and callers are effectively calling from the US. For example, a number in Manhattan would be dialled with the trunk code, area code and subscriber's number, as follows: A call to London in the UK, would require the international access code and country calling code, as follows: In the North American Numbering Plan, 011 is used as the"
"Telephone numbers in the United Arab Emirates Telephone numbers in the UAE follow a closed telephone numbering plan. The United Arab Emirates is assigned an international dialling code of 971 by ITU-T. Telephone numbers are fixed at seven digits, with area codes fixed at two or three digits. Subscriber numbers were 5- or 6- digits, with area code plus subscriber number totalling 7 digits. The overall structure of the UAE's national numbering plan is: Landline Numbers Starts with: Mobile Numbers Starts with: The following numbers are used for emergency services within the UAE These are special 7-digit number ranges, and"